The Tin Flute /
Edition statement:NCL Classic edition. | Enlarged by W. Ross Macdonald School. Published by : McClelland & Stewart, (Toronto :) Physical details: 2 volumes (383 pages) : comb binding ; 35 cm ISBN:0771092938.
Large Print
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Large Print
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W. Ross Macdonald School Library Fiction | Fiction | F ROY (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Copy: 1 Vol: 1(2) | Available | 2012-3581 | |
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Large Print
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W. Ross Macdonald School Library Fiction | Fiction | F ROY (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Copy: 1 Vol: 2(2) | Available | 2012-3582 |
Life in St. Henri, a poverty stricken district of Montreal, takes a turn for the worse as the Depression makes even subsistence difficult. It is hard for Rose-Anna, a loving mother, to keep her large family together. It is hard for Azarius, her happy-go-lucky husband, to continue to believe in his dreams. Almost as hard is the situation of Florentine, eldest daughter of the family. Working as a waitress in the Five and Ten, giving most of her earnings to her mother, Florentine is trapped between her yearning for happiness and the bleak future to which poverty and her own ignorance condemn her. With compassion and insight, Roy draws a moving picture of economic and emotional despair, and then fills it with the poignant hope that givers her remarkable characters the will to survive.
This large print book has been produced for print impaired students by the Resource Services Library, W. Ross Macdonald School, 350 Brant Avenue, Brantford Ontario, N3T 3J9. It may be returned to the Resource Services Library by mail, at no cost, if marked “Materials for the blind - post-free”.
Prix Femina, 1947
Governor General's Literary Award, 1947
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